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seminal figure in e-commerce history. Andreessen, board member Scott Cook, who is also co-founder of Intuit, and PierreOmidyar , eBay founder and now chairman, are key technology advisers. Donahoe also assigned Chief Technology Officer Mark

or 5 to 7 percent of world trade, each year. EBay was founded in 1995 by French Iranian computer programmer, PierreOmidyar , and has since grown into one of the Internet's most successful ventures. In 2009, eBay, which also owns Skype

design firm has come up with a new look for us." PierreOmidyar pulled out a sheet and at that moment, I was one ..... is eBay's actual new business strategy. And as PierreOmidyar understood far better than me that day in the parking

just give money to charity or set up foundations, but that they can find a better model for doing so. At eBay, PierreOmidyar and Jeff Skoll both thought that way a decade ago and pursued the idea of 'social entrepreneurship'. Sergey Brinn

himself and brought in a professional manager, Meg Whitman, to run the company. At the same time, eBay founder PierreOmidyar kicked himself upstairs to become chairman of the company and get out of Meg's way. There is a famous moment

Other high-tech executives who made a strong showing on the list in 2007 are eBay Inc.'s founder and Chairman PierreOmidyar , who came in 32nd with a net worth of $8.9 billion; Amazon.com founder, Chairman, CEO and President Jeff

objective. Launched in 2000, SL counts among its largest backers Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and eBay founder PierreOmidyar . Today a session in SL usually means play: meeting new people (everyone who's logged in is somewhere in the SL

No. 1 for would-be moguls: Keep trying. He went on to Stanford Business School, where he became friends with PierreOmidyar . "Just after I had graduated, Pierre had come up with this idea to help people buy and sell things online. And

building," Karoff said. "They want to see their money work and see that it goes to the places they intend." PierreOmidyar , founder of eBay, made a similar decision. He launched the Omidyar Network in 2004 with his wife, Pam, after

building," Karoff said. "They want to see their money work and see that it goes to the places they intend." PierreOmidyar , founder of eBay, made a similar decision. He launched the Omidyar Network in 2004 with his wife, Pam, after

1 for would-be moguls -- keep trying. He went on to Stanford Business School, where he became friends with PierreOmidyar . "Just after I had graduated, Pierre had come up with this idea to help people buy and sell things online. And

1 for would-be moguls -- keep trying. He went on to Stanford Business School, where he became friends with PierreOmidyar . "Just after I had graduated, Pierre had come up with this idea to help people buy and sell things online. And

column over the years, I was involved in the early days of eBay, back when the company was little more than Jeff, PierreOmidyar and a jar of Red Vines. I became friends with both men, especially Jeff, and we've stayed in regular touch ever

McClintock. Some of the Proposition 71 backers are among the richest people in America. Bill Gates and eBay founder PierreOmidyar are so rich, they could pay the entire $3 billion themselves and still have $55 billion left. So why don't Gates

Coca-Cola and a jar of red whip licorice but we were thinking the same thoughts. There were four of us at that table: PierreOmidyar , Jeff Skoll, Mary Lou Song and myself. The other three were co-founders of an 18-month-old company called

week the Exploratorium in San Francisco held an awards dinner for, among others, an old friend: eBay co-founder PierreOmidyar . For the last two years these events have been pretty depressing. The chat is always prefaced with "Well, if we

sat across from me, next to his parents, who'd flown in from Florida for the event. Sitting next to me was PierreOmidyar , now the head of an even larger charitable fund, based in Las Vegas. Pierre too had come to watch his old partner

of eBay. To be precise, I was among the first dozen shareholders, having been awarded them by the two founders PierreOmidyar and Jeff Skoll for, among other things, helping them develop the company's long-term business strategy. As

celebrated for their considerable contributions. But there are a number of new philanthropists as well Gordon Moore, PierreOmidyar , Andy Grove, and others that rival their older counterparts (not to mention the Rockefellers, Gettys and MacArthurs

and founder of Dell Computer. At the age of 36, he's worth $16.3 billion. Rounding out the top five are: PierreOmidyar , 34, who along with Skoll, 36, founded eBay. Omidyar is worth $4.39 billion and Skoll comes in at $2.63

those little dispensers, you ought to have your little hollow plastic head examined. Just remember, eBay founder PierreOmidyar created the Internet auction company after starting an online site for his girlfriend to trade Pez dispensers. Those

tried to make up for lost ground with the usual Microsoft policy of annihilating anyone ahead of them. The other, PierreOmidyar of eBay (trust me on this, because I was there), was just as amazed by what happened as everybody else. He just

of the company s initial public offering. Now I Get It Started in as an experiment out of 29-year-old founder PierreOmidyar s apartment, eBay flourished under Benchmark s tutelage. The firm helped eBay lure Meg Whitman from her cushy